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Is he any relation to George Mraz?

The clearance between the car & track (which seems to be raised in the middle, between the wheel ruts or whatever you call them) is what bothers me about that idea. I guess I could recess the screws, but if I'm going to that kind of trouble, it's just easier to drill holes and dump weights in there, probably. I never thought of running over to the post office to weigh the car, either!

Thanks Ron, that makes sense. I can see how the car would look alot better without screws sticking out of the bottom. And I don't know what the clearance from the underside of the car to the track is either, now that I think about it. Maybe I'll hit a hobby store and see if I can pick up some small weights that can be dropped into some drill holes, then putty over them. One of my co-workers also suggested to me that if you just use the wheels as they are, there will be more friction with the track too. He suggested sanding the wheels into something of "V" shape, so less wheel rides on the track. I don't know if that's ethical or not, or if it's a commonly seen thing, but I want to stay within the intent of the derby, so if that would be frowned upon, I'll avoid it.

Looking for some advice from those who have gone through this before. My son is in his first year of Cub Scouts, and he and I are working on a pinewood derby car, to be raced this coming Tuesday. I'll post a picture of his car once we're finally done with it. Anyway, last night we were able to use a friend's band saw and benchtop sander, and got the basic shape cut. Now I'm wondering what the best method for getting this thing to weigh the right amount is. By rule, the car can weigh up to 5 ounces, and you obviously want to weigh as close to 5 but under as you can. I've read that drilling holes in the bottom and adding fishing weights and then puttying over the holes is an option that seems to be used alot. There also seem to be weights that you can glue on to the bottom of the car, as well. I was thinking of maybe just drilling wood screws into the bottom of the car, until it makes the weight we want. Any thoughts about this alternative? Seems easier and less risky that drilling and filling. Any other ideas for how to get the car to race well?

Hey, beer is 90% water anyway! Same difference - go ahead and enjoy!

You know what they say.... The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Thanks for the recommendations, David. I'll have to start checking those out. I've enjoyed what I've heard from Jon so far, including his work with David Sylvian, the Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, and others. He keeps interesting company, for sure!

It could be my annual post. I don't know. In the last year I played TOO much World of Warcraft, visited a friend in Buenos Aires, Argentina, got laid off from my job (not due to World of Warcraft), went back to the University of Arizona for a semester, and didn't buy much jazz. Now, school's out and I'm sitting at home living off my severance package and personal savings. Are you sure you want me to post more? Well... we (I think I can speak for Conn, Free, SS1, Buzz & co) miss having you around here! The live chats aren't the same w/o ya. I hope you're keeping our border safe down there LOL. Sorry about being laid off too. That sucks.

Welcome back Wes! Is this your annual post, or are you gonna stick around for a while??

Got my package today. Thanks James!

Bump - I've been listening to the Don Cherry/Ed Blackwell Montreal recording (GREAT performance!!!) and while reading through the notes, it says these are the shows that were performed: 30 Jul 89 - w/Joe Henderson/Al Foster 1 Aug 89 - w/Geri Allen/Paul Motian 2 Aug 89 - w/Don Cherry/Ed Blackwell 3 Aug 89 - w/Gonzalo Rubalcaba/Paul Motian 5 Aug 89 - w/Pat Metheny/Jack DeJohnette 6 Aug 89 - w/Edberto Gismonti 7 Aug 89 - w/Paul Bley/Paul Motian 8 Aug 89 - w/Liberation Music Orchestra Has the Metheny/DeJohnette date ever been officially released? All the others have, it would be nice for "completeness" sake if that one was, as well. edit - Looking at my other discs, I think those dates are off in the booklet by a month.

I have no words to add to this. Raccoon rapist's penis bitten off An enraged raccoon has bitten off a man's penis as the pervert tried to rape the animal. Russian Alexander Kirilov, 44, was on a drunken weekend with friends when he leapt on the terrified animal. “When I saw the raccoon I thought I’d have some fun,” he told stunned surgeons in Moscow. Now Russian plastic surgeons are trying to restore his mangled manhood.

I thought that was ridiculous, but it does include a saxophone and a $500 gift card or something, too. Not sure how much a sax costs these days (?).

Bump.... updated list.

Pardon my ignorance, but what's the difference between an OBE, MBE, and CBE? Are they all basically the same? Do they all get to be called "Sir"?

I bet with your UMGD discount you could afford it.

Oddly enough, I still never get tired of "Terrapin Station", despite it being one of their "lesser" studio recordings, and not really representative. In fact it's probably the studio recording of theirs that I come back to most often.

I love you, man!

It hasn't switched for me. Occasionally it changes if you google something on the O board and view it from there (I think). The way to switch it back (assuming that's what happened to you) is to click on the "Options" pull-down menu on the far right of the thread topic. Then switch the Display Mode back to standard. If your problem is something else, I don't know how to help, sorry!